NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 29, 2025

Members of vulnerable groups continue to face systemic challenges that correlate with race, ethnicity, gender, age, and geography. In the 1970s, the workforce system under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) was largely locally run through direct federal funding to local governments.

Public Policy 106

Public Policy Race and Ethnicity Governance Philanthropy 106

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 11, 2023

Image Credit: Urja Bhatt on unsplash.com Recently, a colleague asked me to identify my race. Presented with the standard options for race (White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian), I’ve always selected Asian. She was collecting diversity information and needed to fill in the field.

Health 104

Health Race and Ethnicity Healthcare Public and Social Policy 104

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 13, 2023

Class, race, and ethnicity are key determinants of exposure to pollution and other environmental hazards, with working-class people and BIPOC folks disproportionately exposed relative to affluent White people. We also need our government agencies to protect us.

Race and Ethnicity 127

Race and Ethnicity Health Environmental Children 127

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

We gathered a sizable national sampling of 374 BIPOC-led organizations, 719 white-led organizations, and 75 organizations whose leaders’ racial or ethnic identities spanned multiple categories, none of the presented categories, or was unknown. Government, philanthropy, and community members all relied on nonprofits during the COVID pandemic.

Governance 109

Governance Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 109

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This component provides a process for delving deeply into one’s own life experiences and peeling back the layers to uncover the complex dynamics—specifically of race and diversity—that shape our perspectives. Exercises on the topics of race, schools, family name, and neighborhoods open opportunities for self-examination to occur.

Civil Society 117

Civil Society Race and Ethnicity Culture Health 117

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A 2019 report from a government study found “false positives to be between 2 and 5 times higher in women than men.” The same report—which investigated disparities among several racial and ethnic groups, men, and women—revealed that false matches for mugshots were highest for Black women. 11 (2022):12351–58.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Ethics Race and Ethnicity Law 122

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 15, 2024

However, recent research has revealed that race is even more important than income when it comes to birth outcomes. Another crucial factor in maternal and infant health: the mental wellbeing of women and birthing people, especially as it intersects with race.

Health 119

Health Healthcare Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy 119

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 4, 2024

This put pressure on governments, institutions, and other organizations to proactively engage in racial justice reform within healthcare and medicine. According to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine , these algorithms direct more attention or resources to White patients than to members of racial and ethnic minorities.

Health 96

Health Ethics Race and Ethnicity Medical 96

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 8, 2023

” But the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the flagship federal legislation governing job training, badly needs an update. All told, the federal government spends $14 billion annually across WIOA and other job-training programs. Our government knows how much Americans earn. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.)

Education 105

Education Education Nonprofit governance and management Race and Ethnicity 105

Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

Here’s a detailed breakdown of critical steps to prepare: Understand organizational goals and governance needs: Begin by peering into the core of your organization. Offer continuous learning opportunities to deepen your board members’ understanding of nonprofit governance best practices and emerging trends. What are your dreams?

Recruitment 103

Recruitment Race and Ethnicity Collaborations Retention 103

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Yet it can also create space for bias: familiarity can be derived from a variety of factors—the words someone uses, their background, conjugation, or even eye color—but it’s often connected to culture, ethnicity, and/or traditional access to social capital.

Homelessness 132

Homelessness Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management 132

Fundraising Leadership

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

City Safe provides armed and unarmed security professionals to protect government, residental and commercial sites. But they are also more likely than women leaders of other races and ethnicities to receive signals that it will be harder for them to advance,” the report finds, according to Forbes.

Race and Ethnicity 98

Race and Ethnicity Law Sociology Nonprofit Administration and Development 98

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

we all know nonprofits rely on a combination of government grants, philanthropic donations, and earned income to support their operations. It’s a complex tapestry of challenges: Prosperity or poverty, race, religion, gender and sexual orientation.

Leadership 117

Leadership Public and Social Policy Poverty Race and Ethnicity 117

Anedot

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

To get there, we have made a commitment to redesign our educational ecosystem so that race, ethnicity and poverty no longer determine opportunity or outcome. Cultural Responsiveness : Interacts routinely in conversations based on race and equity, professionally and personally, and should show comfort and experience doing so.

Race and Ethnicity 52

Race and Ethnicity Collaborations Education Education 52

CNPE

JANUARY 6, 2022

It means intentionally working to ensure that you are including people of different races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, genders, abilities, and ages in your vision of “we.”. “Building a Bigger We” means thinking more intentionally about who you see as the “we” you identify with – and broadening it.

Race and Ethnicity 52

Race and Ethnicity Homelessness Values Governance 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Decades of discriminatory housing, transportation, and land-use policy combined with economic disinvestment have resulted in communities that are residentially segregated by income, race, ethnicity, language, and immigration status. One staff member shared in the evaluation, “We want them [residents] to feel confident.

Health 105

Health Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Philanthropy 105

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

A nonprofit board of directors should be strategically designed to guide your nonprofit toward its mission and provide essential governance. Boards with cultural, ethnic, gender and professional diversity tend to result in diversified resources. —. Diversity may not be easy to achieve or maintain. But this is what you need!

Recruitment 43

Recruitment Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Ethics 43

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

It is also about gender, race, and prejudices across society. Ethnic Markers and Crisis Impact Racial distinction speaks loud and clear to most of the Black population in Brazil. This indicates that inequality within the social entrepreneurship field goes much beyond social classes.

Social Entrepreneurship 128

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 128

Fundraising Leadership

APRIL 14, 2023

government at cost, which the federal government gave for free. We are looking at the experiences of marginalized racial and ethnic groups,” Ohm says. The second myth is that income is the primary determinant of health outcomes, when race matters.

Culture 52

Culture Race and Ethnicity Manufacturing Health 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

While race is a social construct that serves as a poor predictor of genetic variation, racial parity in genomic data is important because race serves as a proxy for population descriptors and other, more appropriate genetic ancestry labels.

Race and Ethnicity 124

Race and Ethnicity Health Healthcare Associations 124

Candid

AUGUST 3, 2021

Over this time, we have had a glaring omission: our research has not captured funding related to race or ethnicity, despite significant and global human rights work in this area. And we have compounded the invisibility of those working for racial justice, Black liberation, and equity based on ethnic or racial identity.

Race and Ethnicity 98

Race and Ethnicity Philanthropy Construction Foundations 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The report is just one of many clarion calls to act urgently, not just on climate change but also on climate justice: the process of finding solutions to climate change that also address social inequities due to gender, race, ethnicity, geography, income, and other factors. Why Climate Justice Matters to Business.

Public and Social Policy 110

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Race and Ethnicity Energy 110

The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We were surprised that the overall rate of financial hardship was not higher for workers in nonprofit organizations (22% vs. 20% in government organizations and 27% in for profit businesses),” said Handa Gaudioso.

Poverty 97

Poverty Race and Ethnicity Healthcare Public and Social Policy 97

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 30, 2023

Throughout its history, social justice philanthropy has generally remained organized around siloed identities, such as gender, race, and sexual orientation. Throughout its history, social justice philanthropy has generally remained organized around siloed identities, such as gender, race, and sexual orientation.

Philanthropy 135

Philanthropy Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Collaborations 135

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

When people think about cultural competency, they tend to talk in terms of race, ethnicity, gender and religion. While a student at the University of Puerto Rico, Victoria became the first openly transgender member of student government and pushed the school’s administration for transgender accessible I.D.

Communication 149

Communication Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Culture 149

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A few years later, I worked as a minority health coordinator, focusing on racial and ethnic minority populations in Rhode Island—on people like me, who come here with dreams and hopes to do better but often find themselves without the resources or opportunities they need. Voice , because government has an obligation to listen to residents.

Health 123

Health Race and Ethnicity Food Children 123

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A 2023 US Government Accountability Office report found that there are presently 120,000 workers with disabilities nationwide earning subminimum wages, with half of them earning less than $3.50 However, the inclusion, diversity, equity, and access framework is really helping people to think about what is accessible in organizations.

Race and Ethnicity 135

Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Law Education 135

NC Nonprofit

JUNE 13, 2023

The Center is governed by an 18-member board of directors and staffed by 15 employees. The Center collaborates with leaders, policymakers, and other stakeholders at the local, state, and national levels to promote policy solutions and practices that help nonprofits more effectively deliver programs and services to our NC communities.

Nonprofit governance and management 75

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Race and Ethnicity Collaborations 75

Anedot

AUGUST 29, 2024

A strong understanding of government procurement regulations and procedures. Support programs to prepare for external programmatic or financial audits which may Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, or a related field. Experience with project budgeting and accounting required.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 52

Nonprofit Administration and Development Race and Ethnicity Nonprofit governance and management Insurance 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 26, 2023

Races and ethnicities in the United States are defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Communities and Economies In looking beyond borders, there is much to learn from Indigenous Peoples—populations with extensive diversity across cultures, languages, and systems of governance. What’s In a Name?

Health 98

Health Poverty Public and Social Policy Culture 98